TB

This information sheet contends that new rapid diagnostic laboratory techniques appear to have increased the possiblity of laboratory cross contamination and explains how to avoid diagnostic errors based on false-positive cultures.

General information on traveling internationally for those at risk or have TB in Spanish.

This contract form is for persons who refuse TB care, given they have been informed about LTBI and TB disease.

This pamphlet explains how to collect a sputum specimen at home for laboratory analysis.

The purpose of this flipbook is to assist healthcare workers in providing patient education around TB testing, TB infection and TB disease. Panels for patients include simple text and images to reinforce key messages and corresponding panels for providers include easy to deliver script and teaching points.

This Special Report from Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders highlights the challenges, such as TB/HIV coinfection and drug resistance, faced in the fight against TB. The report also provides real-life examples of people living with TB.

This fact sheet explains the facts about DOT.

This fact sheet discusses the meaning of a negative TB skin test and states that persons with HIV/AIDS may be at risk for false negative results.

This announcement gives a brief overview of World TB Day, which recognizes the collaborative efforts of all countries involved in eliminating TB.

This report discusses two cases of latent TB infection in which patients developed severe or fatal hepatitis associated with rifampin-pyrazinamide (RIF-PZA) treatment.